Crescendo – Storie in formazione (Italy, 2026, 38′)

Tuesday 6 October, 10.30 a.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 1, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18

In collaboration with Cnos-Fap Piemonte.

On Tuesday 6 October at 10.30 a.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Cnos-Fap Piemonte, presents the world premiere of Crescendo – Storie in formazione (Italy, 2026, 38′), Matteo Bellizzi‘s new film about Salesian vocational training centres, which have supported young people’s development for more than 150 years. The film tells the story of this daily work, built on relationships between students and educators, Salesians and laypeople, families and communities.

The director introduces the film, followed by a Q&A. Speakers: Father Giorgio Degiorgi (President, Cnos-Fap Piemonte), Matteo Faggioni (President, Forma Piemonte), Giovanni Bocchieri (Director of Education and the Right to University Education, Training and Employment, Regione Piemonte). Moderated by Giuseppe Puonzo (Head of Social Communications, Cnos-Fap Piemonte).

Admission: by invitation.

Worldwide premiere

International title: CRESCENDO – Storie in formazione
Director: Matteo Bellizzi
Photography: Matteo Bellizzi
Edit: Matteo Bellizzi
Sound: Marco Montano
Production: CNOS-FAP Piemonte

Salesian vocational training centers have been supporting young people’s worth for over 150 years. From Don Bosco’s vision to the present day, the world has profoundly changed, but the spirit and charism driving this educational mission remain the same. “Crescendo” is the story of this daily work, based on a relationship between students and educators, Salesian and laical, families and community, in an open dialogue leading to a daily self-discovery, acknowledging the talent of each and everyone. In this way, school becomes more than a workshop for testing one’s professional growth; it offers a space to work through vulnerabilities and shape one’s own worldview.

Matteo Bellizzi. Documentarist, filmmaker, active in the film industry from 1997, initially as operator and then as documentaries and short films author. He debuted in 2003 with the documentary “Sorriso Amaro” participating in the Venice Film Festival. Since 2009, he has been interested in projects involving integrated corporate communications and web visual storytelling, first founding the production company Doc In Progress, based in Turin, and then creating the Bottega Miller collective, in 2015. Since 2010, he has been producing radio documentaries for the web and national radios. With the Docusound project he received various awards in the international field as well, participating in the same year at the Prix Europa, in Berlin, and at the Power to the Pixel, in London. Recently he launched the Podcast platform “Pocket Stories”. 

Filmography: Worldskills – Lavorare per vincere (mlf, doc. 2024) Al Centro – Racconti di attese, incontri, ripartenza (mlf, doc., 2025) Crescendo – Storie in formazione (mlf, doc., 2026)